Apparatus for weighing liquids.



APATENTED AUG. 13,1907

W. LEINBRT.

APPARATUS FOR WEIGHING LIQUIDS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 29, 1905.

m'zwasrsem rue y WENZEL LEINERT, OF MOS OW, lt 'S APPARATUii F022 WEIGH No. 863,032. Specification of Application filed June 29, 1905.. Serial llo.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, Wnsznn Lnrxnm', engineer, subject of the Russian Emperor, and resident of Moscow, Russia, Miasnitzkaja, House Kabanow, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ap paratus for Measuring Liquids, of which the following is a specification.

With my apparatus for measuring liquidsc onsisting of a pair of measuring vessels of the same size filled l0 alternately by a distributing trough (chute) and emptied by siphons set in operation, as further described, by tilting of the said vessels on their axis, whereby the trough is reversed alsothe drawback has shown itself that with an unequal supply oi the liquid, tqwan'ls the end of the filling, at the moment of the reversing of [h trough, a column of liquid of a varying thickness presses upon the surface of the liquid in the measuring vessels, which interferes with the precision of ti measuring. In order to remove this drawback in the present invention which relates to liquid-meteisor the above-mentioned kind, the arrangement has been made that, shortly before the termination of the filling, the supply is for each measuring vessel gradually and automatically slackened, that is to say, the pressure of the entering column oi liquid upon the surface-oi the liquid in the vessel is reduced and made nnirorn1. This-is attained by providing a flu'ottlc-screen in the supply-pipe for each measuring vessel. which is rogulaterl by a float arranged in the vessel and misetl towards the end of the filling period. A further draw-- i back was, that Withchanging temperature of i the liquid to be measured the unequal displacements oi" the centers of gravity on both sides of the axis of tilting of the unsymmetrical vessels, affected badly the accuracy of the apparatus.

The invention therefore further comprises a compensation-pipe on each measuring vessel, by which the bad influence of changing temperature is avoided.

The drawingilllistrates the new device on a liquid- 40 meter.

Figure 1 is a vertical section of the same, Fig. 2 a cr0ss-secti0n. Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view of the tilting spout.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views. care the twomeasuring vessels of eq ual size, through vwhich cross-harsh pass, which rest with their shar 'edged ends on supports 0 of the bottom plate d in a manner that the tilting-axis lies outside of the plane ofthe center of gravity of the contents of the vessel, while a compensating-weight e fastened to the back-- wall of the smaller part of the vessel. lceeps'the vessel, when eni pty, in a horizontal position, so that it rests with the weighted end on the ledgef or an adjusting screw g arranged in the same. the opposite end Letters Z-atent.

of the measuring vessel is arranged a siphon 7. which dips into a recessed part i oi the bottom of the measuring vessel covered b a sieve y, and whose crown or vertex is, when the measuring vessel is placed horizontally, still above the highest level of the liquid. The wall of the vessel is higher on this side, in order that the liquid, on the vessel being tilted, cannot flow over the edge of the same. if the measuring vessel has received the quantity of liquid to-be meisured' the part of the vessel opposite to that with the Weighted wall, becomes the heavier, and the vessel tilts until it strikes against the rubber plate 5 on the baseplate. The level. of the liquid is now above the top oi the siphon, t. e siphon commences to act and the vessel is emptied, whereupon the same vessel is tilted back into the horizontal position by the counter-Weight z.

The liquid is conveyed alternately through the pipe and trough Z to the one or other measurin vessel. For this purpose the trough Z tilts about an axis on the tr e, the tiltingmovement being limited by pro 'jOC'LlOIlS 0 on the support 12 of the frame, so that the trough does not lie upon the wall of the vessel which is being filled, in order that the tilting of the vessel can take place uninfiuenced by the pressure of the trough. The full vessel when tilting strikes against the trough Z and reverses it. so that the liquid 110W enters into the other vessel. To avoid splashing 01' the entering liquid, under the semicircular cover of the distributing trough a cap in is fastened on the lower end of the suppiypipe,

The above described and already known arrangement has the drawback that with an unequal supply of liquid towards the end of the filling, at the commencement of the reversing 0t thei'rough a column of liquid of a varying thickness presses on the surface of the iquid in the vessel to be filled, by which the measuring is rendered inexact. To remove this drawback} have arranged in the supply-pipe 7c two throttle-screens p with lovers 7, which are turned by the rods oi the floats (1, when the float rises alternately in the one or the other measuring vessel, whereby the supply is slaclzened towards the end of the filling, so that the inpouring quantity of liquid is reduced and made uniform, and the measuring made more exact. The floats must lie exactly above the tilting-axis oi the vessels.

In order to be able to var the degree of the throttling, the rod 5 of the float g is provided at its lower end with a nut t, which, when the Heat rises, strikes against the arms u of the support n or the frame. According to the adjustment of the nut i the tln'ottlescrcen is more or less closed. The uopenpnrt of the rods .9, guided in the frame is provided with a longitudinal aperture to allow the levers r airee movement in the rods. stead of using two throttle-screens as shown in the drawing, a single one may be used, which is connected v.1;

I each lloat by a lever.

In order to avoidthe drawback resulting from the influence of changing temperature of the liquid each measuring vessel has been provided on the back-wall, which is near to the tilting-axis with a compensationpipe in, preferably made of a materialof a greater cocfficient of expansion than the material of the measuring vessel. fl. he compensation-pipe u is provided with an adjustable regulatingweight w and carries an airpipe as through which the air can escape, when the liquid enters the compensation-pipe. I

I prefer to construct the body of the vessel a of sheet iron and a compensating tube u of brass or copper. It will be understood that under changing atmospheric conditions or with liquids of different temperatures the resulting expansion and contraction of the metal 'of the body portion a will be relatively greater at the left of the cross bar I), referring to Fig.1, than at the right thereof. By the provision of the compensating tube u this difference of expansion or contraction Will be regulated. Where liquid of a greater specific gravity is measured and Where the vessel a would normally tilt before the required volume of liquid had been received bythe vessel a the weight to would be adjusted to either retard or induce such tilting action.

By a suitable sizing oi thet hrottie-screens and the compensation-pipes the liquidmeter acts in such an accurate manner, that it can be used even for physical and chemical Ineasuringsl What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent is: i

l. A measuring apparatus comprising in combination independently tlitnbie vessels, :1 tiltable supply or filling spout operated by said vessels to alternately shut oii supply of liquid thereto, a supply pipe for said spout, throttle screens in said pipe for retarding the passage of liquid therethrough, floats in said vessels for operating said screens, an emptying siphon passing through one of the walls of each vessel and an adjustable weight on the opposite wall of the vessel for retiltlng the vessel after emptying.

2. A measuring apparatus comprising in combination independently tiltalile vessels, at tiltable supply or filling spout operated by said vessels to alternately shut oil and supply liquid tliereto',,n supply pipefor said spout, throttling means for said pipe retarding the passage of liquid tlieretlirough, floats in said vessels for operating said throttling means, an emptying siphon passing through one of the walls of eachyessel and an adjustable weight on the opposite wall of the vessel for retl1ting ,the vessel after emptying. i

3. A measuring apparatus comprising tiltabie measurlug vessels, a tiltable supply or filling spout operated by said vessels to alternately shut 0E and supply liquid thereto, a supply pipe for said spout, throttling means for said pipe retarding the passage of liquid therethrough, floats in saidvessels for operating said throttling means,

' an emptying siphon passing through one of the walls of each vessel, an adjustable weight on the opposite wall of the vessel for retilting the vessel after emptying said vessels composed of a material 01' a given coeflicient of expansion, and n compensating pipe for said vessels composed of a material having a relatively greater coefficient of expansion than the material of which the vessels are composed, said compensating pipe projecting from the wall of the vessels bearing the weight for retilting the vessels after emptying.

an emptying siphon passing through one of the walls of each vessel, an adjustable weight on the opposite wall of the vessel for retilting the vessel after emptying said vessels composed of a material of a given co-efilcient of expansion, and compensating means for said vessels com posed of a material having a relatively greater co-eflicient of expansion than the material of which the vessels are composed, said compensating means being located at the wall of the vessels bearing the weight for retiltingthe vessels after emptying.

5. A measuring apparatus comprising tlltablc measuring vessels, :1 tlltable supply or filling spout operated by said vessels to alternately shut elf and supply liquid thereto, a supply pipe for said spout, throttling means for said pipe retarding the passage 'of liquid therethrough', floats in said vessels for operating said throttling means,'

an emptying siphon passing through one of the walls of each vessel, an adjustable weight on the opposite wail of the vessel for retilting the vessel after emptying said vessels composed of a material of a given co-etficient of expansion, and compensating means for said vessels composed of a material having a relatively greater coetficient of expansion than the material of which the vessels are composed, and an adjustable weight for said compensating means, said compensating means being located at the wall of the vessels bearing the weight for retilting the vessels after emptying.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence 0L two witnesses.

WENZEL LEINERT.

-Witnesses HENRY HAsPnB, Wonoasmn EAue'r. 

